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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Preservation of Oligarchies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aristotle explains that in the Greek city-states, more than one type of what has been used?
(a) Citizenship structure.
(b) Laws.
(c) Government.
(d) Constitution.

2. Aristotle believes that people should be trained for what?
(a) What they think they want to do.
(b) What their parents want them to do.
(c) What they are best suited to do.
(d) What their ideal place in society is.

3. Aristotle says that a government will have problems when more of its people are interested in profit than in what?
(a) Politics.
(b) Service.
(c) Dedication.
(d) Honor.

4. Aristotle believes that a society in which the members choose to obey laws will be what type of society?
(a) Just.
(b) Lawful.
(c) Regulated.
(d) Orderly.

5. Aristotle compares a constitution to what?
(a) The gears in a mill.
(b) The supporting column of a building.
(c) The hub of a spoked wheel.
(d) The capstone in an arch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle believes that in most societies, there is numerically more of what type of citizens than any other?

2. Aristotle says that to treat people who act on behaviors which cause crime, they should pursue and study what?

3. The issues most closely connected with occurrences of civil strife are education, preparation for adulthood, and the distribution of property, and what?

4. According to Aristotle, the end in a democracy is the best interests of whom?

5. Aristotle thinks that the craftsman who tries to make laws will do what?

(see the answer key)

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